Mission

This summer, a handful of young adults from EFCC will be leaving San Diego and heading to the Andhra Pradesh province of India for a three-week, short-term project in July. While there, we will be helping an Indian organization by way of teaching English to college students on campus. These students have joined church planting teams so they can go out all across India to plant churches and assist in certain needs of many different communities (social work). In the first year, the students (called Freshers) come to campus for two months to learn English (by the way, all of their classes are taught only in English), and take other Christian courses as well (i.e., Spiritual Development, Penteteuch, Discipleship, SMS- research & citation, etc). If, after four years, they pass all their classes they will graduate with a degree in either theology or in Christian Studies which will help them in their church planting ventures.

Mark 16:15-- He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

UPDATE!! Good Shepherd School visit (with video)

Today we visited a Good Shepherd School grades: LKG (lower kindergarten) through 10th which they consider High School. After their 10th year they go to college (11th-12th) and them onto a university. Their "college" courses are to prepare them for whatever they plan on studying at the university. So there are different types of colleges (math & science, teaching, etc.). We visited the LKG through 4th and a 10th grade classroom.  Below is a video of one of the lower classes where the students sang for us. 
Please pray for all the students as they have exams beginning tomorrow, as we had interrupted their review time today.  :( In one of the classrooms we sang "Heads, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes" and they joined along with us... such a precious moment.  One class they sang to us a Telugu song (praising God) and in another they sang us a similar song in Hindi.  It was wonderful to hear them in their own languages and to hear them learn and sing in English also.  In one of the older student classrooms we asked them what profession they wanted to have after finishing school... we heard a few teachers and just a couple doctors.  I'm glad they have the freedom to dream and achieve their dreams just because they have an education! 
Please pray with me for all the Good Shepherd Schools across India (there are a total of 107 throughout all of India). Praise God that these students are also getting a Bible education as well (even if they are not Christian)!
-God bless,
Tiffany

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  1. AnonymousJuly 23, 2013 at 3:25 PM

    Looking forward to seeing that video. Sure hope it works! Love you, Mom

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